Watch as Michael 'Fire and Fury' Wolff Leaves Colbert Vaguely Unnerved


Michael Wolff, author of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House”the best-selling book in America right now and a continuing media obsessionappeared on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” Monday night, and the encounter seemed to leave Colbert vaguely unnerved.

The biggest (uncomfortable) laugh in the segment came early on, when Colbert asked about the reception “Fire and Fury” has received:

Colbert: “Are you in any way surprised by the splash this book has made?”

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Ad Age @ CES: 5 Things We Learned About the Connected Home


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Super Bowl Alert: Protests, Steelers Synergy and the Brands on the Sidelines


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At CES, TVs Are Bigger, Better and Smarter With Digital Assistants

Digital assistants are coming to your TV, aimed to make your life easier–one voice command at a time. A slew of TV product announcements arrived on Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show, each promising a bigger and better device to binge-watch your latest Netflix obsession. And soon, it will finally be OK to talk to…

Dollar Shave Club Heads to Space in Its Latest Weird, Creamy Ad for Shave Butter

In its latest kooky commercial, Dollar Shave Club helps a guy face the final frontier. The cosmic romp begins in a bathroom (as most celestial experiences do), when a dude lathers up with the brand’s Shave Butter and promptly blasts off on a freaky face odyssey: That galaxy was so darn buttery, we half expected…

Can Diet Coke’s New Skinny, Rainbow-Colored Cans Attract the Millennials It Covets?

Thirty-five years after making a splash with the introduction of Diet Coke, the Coca-Cola company announced that the marquee product is getting a “full brand restage.” Starting next month, consumers who pass by the beverage case will see Diet Coke in new product dress: A skinny silver can sporting a bold center stripe whose colors…

PepsiCo Kicks Off Super Bowl Season With a Social-Driven Cooking Show Featuring Former NFL Stars

PepsiCo is drumming up some Super Bowl excitement a few weeks ahead of the Big Game in the form of a social media-driven cooking show staring some NFL stars. It’s part of the company’s recurring Game Day Grub Match series, a cooking competition that calls for chefs to use PepsiCo products to make unique, creative,…

Fox Sports Announces Daily Livestream Show on Twitter During 2018 FIFA World Cup

No U.S.? No problem: Fox Sports is soldiering on for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, announcing a livestreamed 30-minute daily show on Twitter and a tournament-long Publisher Story on Snapchat. Fox Sports won the bidding in 2011 for the English-language broadcasting rights to all FIFA events from 2015 to 2022, including the 2018…

Even the World’s Biggest Tech Event Can’t Keep the Lights On

Shortly before noon today, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas suggested attendees head outside to the solar-powered outdoors due to a partial blackout inside the Las Vegas Convention Center, where around 180,000 attendees are visiting to preview the future of technology. While we work through this isolated power outage feel free to visit our…

Ad Age @ CES: 5 Things We Learned About the Connected Home


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Google's Search Domination Is Eroding Because of Amazon, Apps


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Google’s share of search ad revenue is declining and will continue to erode each year, as increased competition from players like Amazon and Apple chip away at the tech titan’s stranglehold, according to a new report by Forrester.

Digital ad revenue is expected to generate $85 billion this year, nearly half of it from paid search advertisingand most of that, in turn, spent with Google. Yet the overall search market on mobile is growing, and that growth isn’t going to Google but instead to rivals such as Amazon, Pinterest and Apple, says Brandon Verblow, an analyst at Forrester.

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Marketer's Brief: Craft Brewer Revs Up Lyft-branded Beer


Welcome to the latest edition of Marketer’s Brief, a quick take on marketing news, moves and trends from Ad Age’s reporters and editors. Send tips/suggestions to eschultz@adage.com.

There’s a new “smart” device that’s full of crap. (Hint: you flush it.) Find out about that below, as well as the potential backlash for Vice’s creative agency resulting from Vice’s unfolding sexual harassment scandal. But we begin on a lighter note, with some beer news.

Lyft makes sudsy appeal

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Twitter Digs the CES Blackout


Intel found a way to make a funny…

… while Energizer kept on going.

Some wondered what Oreo, which famously tweeted a joke about dunking in the dark when the lights went down during the 2013 Super Bowl, was up to.

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#DoTheCurl This February (A Message from Cheetos Winter White Cheddar Curls)

Americans love sports, but not all sports get the love and attention they deserve. USA Curling, for instance, does not get the attention it needs to thrive on the big stage. Now, with a push from Cheetos, curling has a chance to capture imaginations and become part of the conversation in living rooms from coast […]

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Trump Renews Pledge to ‘Take a Strong Look’ at Libel Laws

At a cabinet meeting, the return of the president as press critic, after his legal maneuvers against BuzzFeed and the publisher of Michael Wolff’s book.

Interactive Kids Composting Units – The 'Fytó' Teaches Food Waste Awareness for Young Ones (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The ‘Fytó’ is a fun, interactive way to teach food waste awareness for young children by having them interact directly with the items and partake in the process to creating a new growth…

Multifunctional One-Handed Cutting Boards – The 'Voronoi Food Preparation System' is Secure (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The ‘Voronoi Food Preparation System’ has been designed to offer those with limited mobility or a single hand with the ability to prepare food solo without the need for additional help….

Craftsman Tools: Cube

The dream saw cuts through objects like a chef’s knife. Craftman’s double-edge saw is sharp enough to bring that feeling to life.

Craftsman Tools: Carrot

The dream saw cuts through objects like a chef’s knife. Craftman’s double-edge saw is sharp enough to bring that feeling to life.

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